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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very evocative and captivating writing, the kind that makes you look up and realize that you read a hundred pages in one sitting. The characters, like the setting, feel very real and the mystery part is well executed. Definitely recommend it, even if you, like me, don't know anything about ancient Rome.
Weak dialogue, characterization. Read like Sherlock Holmes walks through my history notes. It's no "I Claudius".
I can understand why other people would really like this book, but I just couldn't get into it. Too many men, too much awfulness happening to women, and for a book that was meant to be pure escapism (for me) it didn't work.
"Sangue Romano" reunia, à partida, vários ingredientes que tinham tudo para me agradar: era um policial, passado na Roma Antiga e repleto de factos históricos à mistura... E foi isso mesmo que encontrei!
Nunca tinha lido nada de Steven Saylor, apesar de ter várias obras dele em lista de espera, e fiquei extremamente agradada com a escrita e com a forma como mistura habilmente ficção e realidade. É um bom contador de histórias e um conhecedor do quotidiano daquela época.
Foi uma leitura muito interessante e certamente irei continuar a acompanhar as aventuras de Giordiano, o descobridor.
Nunca tinha lido nada de Steven Saylor, apesar de ter várias obras dele em lista de espera, e fiquei extremamente agradada com a escrita e com a forma como mistura habilmente ficção e realidade. É um bom contador de histórias e um conhecedor do quotidiano daquela época.
Foi uma leitura muito interessante e certamente irei continuar a acompanhar as aventuras de Giordiano, o descobridor.
thank u samael romasubrosa on tumblr my mutual <3 for recommending this book series because it’s making me insane!! i love cicero and always have and this book make me like him more Along with the main character <3333
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love historical mysteries...but I have yet to find a series set in ancient Rome that really grabs me. It may just be that this is not my period. But I keep trying.
Not as good as McCullough or Harris, but better than Iggulden.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The central mystery isn't the best, but I enjoyed this a lot for its glimpses into the time of old Sulla, middle aged Crassus, young Pompey, young Caesar, young Cicero. Rome reeling from the wars between Sulla and Marius.